What else exactly could Jagr have done to make his team more likely to win the Cup other than lead his team in nearly every major category? How would he have willed the coaches to make better decisions, or the GM to make better trades, or his D-men to make better decisions?

DocEmrick wrote:His time with the Rangers was my favorite. Failure after epic failure, then the bounce at the hands of Sid and Hossa and he tucked tail and ran to Russia. Hopefully history repeats itself.

NYR Team record in goals, assist and points for a season. Dragging the Rags to playoffs almost by himself each year.

Leading the playoffs in scoring after 2 rounds before 87 and 71 his last year.

DocEmrick wrote:His time with the Rangers was my favorite. Failure after epic failure, then the bounce at the hands of Sid and Hossa and he tucked tail and ran to Russia. Hopefully history repeats itself.

NYR Team record in goals, assist and points for a season. Dragging the Rags to playoffs almost by himself each year.

Leading the playoffs in scoring after 2 rounds before 87 and 71 his last year.

You call that fail?

Agree. He did have a heck of a year.

I think the Caps years were his most disappointing. I thought he played good with the Rags, and suprised me with the Flyers after being out of the NHL for 3 years.

Yeah, as much I hated it, he was good for them last year on and off the ice. They miss him a ton this year.

I don't disagree, especially to fit our team. But Jagr is still a very good player and for a team like Boston that already has grit but needs scoring / puck possession, Jagr is perfect. And the price was far less than we paid for either Morrow or Iginla. And we got Iginla on a steal, since Shero wasn't competing with anyone else.